March 3- Bank of Nova Scotia posted a lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday, hurt by an increase in credit-loss provisions and higher expenses, and its shares fell 1.4 percent. The results at Scotiabank, Canada's No. 3 lender, round out a mixed quarter for the country's big banks. Royal Bank of Canada and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce topped profit...

Best Buy Co. raised its quarterly dividend 21 percent and plans to give shareholders an additional one-time payment after the nation's largest electronics chain reported a better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit. Best Buy will pay the special cash dividend and the increased regular quarterly payout on April 14 to shareholders of record at the close...

March 3- Bank of Nova Scotia posted a lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday, hurt by an increase in credit-loss provisions and higher expenses, sending its shares down about 1.6 percent. The results at Scotiabank, Canada's No. 3 lender, round out a mixed quarter for the country's big banks, with Royal Bank of Canada and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce...

March 3- Best Buy Co Inc, the largest U.S. consumer electronics chain, on Tuesday reported higher-than-expected quarterly earnings on a strong holiday season and said it would buy back stock for the first time since 2012.. Chief Executive Officer Hubert Joly said on a conference call that Best Buy planned this year to start a cost-cutting effort to save $400...

GEORGETOWN, Mass. _ UFP Technologies Inc. on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter profit of $1.6 million. On a per-share basis, the Georgetown, Massachusetts- based company said it had net income of 22 cents. For the year, the company reported profit of $7.6 million, or $1.05 per share.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. _ Threshold Pharmaceuticals Inc. on Tuesday reported a loss of $6 million in its fourth quarter. The average estimate of analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 13 cents per share. Analysts expected $4.3 million, according to Zacks.

MAJURO, Marshall Islands _ Global Ship Lease Inc. on Tuesday reported a fourth-quarter loss of $164,000, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier. Global Ship Lease shares have climbed 22 percent since the beginning of the year. Keywords: Global Ship Lease, Earnings Report.

PITTSBURGH _ L.B. Foster Co. on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter net income of $6 million. On a per-share basis, the Pittsburgh- based company said it had net income of 58 cents. L.B. Foster shares have increased 1.5 percent since the beginning of the year.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. _ Accuride Corp. on Tuesday reported a fourth-quarter loss of $5.1 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier. The Evansville, Indiana- based company said it had a loss of 10 cents per share. Accuride shares have climbed 23 percent since the beginning of the year.

NEW YORK _ Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. on Tuesday reported a loss of $9 million in its fourth quarter. The New York- based company said it had a loss of 83 cents per share. For the year, the company reported that its loss widened to $27.6 million, or $2.77 per share.

DALLAS— Primoris Services Corp. on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter net income of $8.9 million. The average estimate of analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 50 cents per share. Primoris Services shares have declined slightly more than 9 percent since the beginning of the year.

LISLE, Ill.— Navistar International Corp. on Tuesday reported a loss of $42 million in its fiscal first quarter. The average estimate of analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of $1.15 per share. Navistar shares have dropped 14 percent since the beginning of the year.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. _ Rigel Pharmaceuticals Inc. on Tuesday reported a loss of $22.3 million in its fourth quarter. On a per-share basis, the South San Francisco, California- based company said it had a loss of 25 cents. Keywords: Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Earnings Report.